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Letters .Patent No. 78,752, dated June 9, 1868. l

IMPROVEMENT III ACIEGULAE-saw GUIDES.

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' Be it known that I, THOMAS' MILNER, of Houston, in the county of Harris, and State of Texas, have invented new and improved Saw-Guides; and I` do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and'ezract description thereof, which will enableothers skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadito the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a top `view of the guides with removed sections. Figure 2 is aview ofthe front end of the guides. I Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts. `The nature ofmy improvements consists in the arrangement;I of the parts constituting the parts of a. guide for circular saws, sothat they can Ahe operated with facility and accuracy, together with devices for improving and perfecting the whole, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.l l 'I y 4 A 'is the main plate, having slots bjb for bolting thegsameto the saw-frame. Y

The projections D D' are provided with bearings d and h, shown bythe removal of a portion of the said projections. v l I Theguide-boltf rests in these bearings. The part c of. the guide-bolthas a thread cnt-on it, which ts and werks in a corresponding thread cut in the bearing'h on the projection D', so that, by turning it, the bolt B* is adjusted. in `or out. I 4 l The end of the said guide-bolt has a hole to receive the wooden plug p. The other end has a square head, Fa

The bolt C, which is shown by a removed section of the plate A, is somewhat longer than the bolt B, and

has a square head, G, on one end, and a. thread onvthe other.

This bolt passes transversely through the plate A, midway between its u-pperand lower surfaces. Its oiiice iste separate thejaw K from the main plate A. or to bringthe` same together, as occasion may require.

For this purpose' the jaw K has a hollow screw, e,vfitting the thread on thefbolt c. The jaw K has also small guide-rods r r working in the holes o o, to steady the same.'

This jaw has a square shoulder, s,`which4 tits with easy contact into a square' box on the-main plate, this box being Aformed by a harige, P, cast on the said'platei and the object of thus fitting the plate andj'aw with this device is to exclude the'saw-dnst from the screw within. i I I 'v The opposite end of the bolt Gis provided with a collar, e, fitting into a corresponding recess in theplate A, and a cap, m, `is bolted on to said plate o'vcr this collar7 thus enclosing it in 'a chamber, whereby 'the bolt-C is prevented from any but a rotary movement. A

At the end, E, of the jaw K is a hollow screw, on the same line as the gnide-bolt B. Into this hollow screw is fitted an outside guide-bolt, N, having a square head, and a. hole for the reception of a wooden p1ng,p, similar to that in the inner gude-bolt B. i I

` The head N is partially connter'sunk, and is fitted by a` box-wrench, H, as shown in the drawing. This 4 boxjwrench also'fits the head, F, of the guide-bolt B, whereby both can be set as desired by means of their threads and corresponding hollow screws in the jaws.` l

The guides are bolted'on to the saw-framerthrough the'slots b 6, and set .so as tovhrngthe guide-bolts, one on eachsde of the saw, near the perimeter of the same. Then the guide-bolt B is set, by turning it, till the plu-g p comes in contact with the saw, and the outside guide-boltN is set, by turning the bolt C, which operates the jaw K, as shown previously, and consequently the guidc-bolt N; for this latter is not set bym'eans of the wrench on its head, as shown i-n the drawing, only to get it at'first in a properl position, or to set it up afterward, if the plug p is worn away, the general and common adjustment of the two guides `being made through the bolts B and C, from the same side of the' plate- A, and within the sawframe, as theywill thus be when .the'plate is bolted in its place.

Instead of employing a wrench to adjust 'the bolts, circular milled heads can' be substituted for thesquare heads, and the wrench thus dispensed with.

'zsnsz' 2 The advantages ofvmy improved saw-guides are as follows: First. Being operated by screws, the guide-bolts can be nicely adjusted while the saw is in motion, thereby saving time and obtainingl a great degree of accuracy in sawing. I

Second. The point of operating the bolts being remote from the saw, there is less danger of accident to the attendant, who can set the guides, while the saw is in motion, with safety.

Third. Both sides of the plate being alike, it can be used on right or lefthand saw-mills. Fourth. The outside guide-bolt being chambered into the jaw, it is out of the way of the carriage. Thejaw and the main plate are of cast metal, and are durable, and not likely to get out of adjustment or repair.

There is a square wrench, J, in the handle, n, of the wrench H, which fits vthe-head, G, o-n the bolt C. I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I 1.. The arrangement of the bolt C within the plate A, the rods r 1*,workinginthe holes o o, acting in eembnation to operate the movable jaw K, as and for the purpose specied. v 2. The flange P and shoulder s, constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the'purposies shown and described.

THOS. MILNER. Witnesses J. lRIORDAN, J. E.4 BOWLING, JOHN JOHNSTON. 

